Every Day You Play – A poem by Pablo Neruda
Now, now too, little one, you bring me honeysuckle, And even your breasts smell of it. While the sad wind goes slaughtering butterflies. I love you, and my happiness bites the plum of your mouth. How you must have suffered getting accustomed to me, My…
We Are Masochists – A Poem By Fortune Omosola
We are Masochists We are the worst of the lying kind, The ones who thought they saw tomorrow. How can we heal while staying in a furnace? We are slowly drifting in a hollow. We are the niggardly ones who spend emotional currencies on mountain tops,…
Short Stories Are The New Movies
Short stories may have taken a backseat in today’s world dominated by social media snippets, but let’s not forget their magic! Yes, the brevity of a tweet or a status update has its allure, but there’s something truly captivating about…
Why Bolanle Austen Peters is the mother of modern day Nigerian theatre – Duke Of Shomolu
On the back of Awo-UK, I was today interviewed by a British journalist, and he said something that more than surprised me. He said, “Edgar, let me look for your trouble. People say you are brash and bold and don’t really care about what…
You Knew ( Short Story ) – By Juliet Ikegwuonu
My tears touched the paper before my ink did. Dabbing at the fluid only blotted the A4 paper and made thin the embedded fibres. I didn’t bother to reach for another paper. Littered around my desk were balls of scrunched-up notes. Some were still smooth –…
Plastic Diamond – A Poem By Fortune Omosola
Plastic Diamond Behold the ancient diamond, not of crystal hue, But yam, pounded with fervor, in a mortar’s sacred bosom, A comestible with powers vast, unmeasured, divine, Transformed by human might. Stung by sweat and force, it yields to skilled…
Elegy of the Charred Gazelle – A Poem By Fortune Omosola
*sic* Don’t sow the seeds of a tree on the war path, Where missiles dance above the shrubs, A charred gazelle, what purpose shall it serve? A poignant reminder of lessons unlearned, As men propel their rockets of ego, Lying within the same breath,…
Nigerian Nail Art: A Vibrant Canvas of Culture, Colors, and Creativity
Most ladies are usually over the moon when they newly fix their nails. It comes with an air of confidence and sophistication. But, there is an art side to it that often reflects more beauty. Nigerian nail art has evolved into a captivating phase of…
And The Madmann Of The Year 2023 Is…
MADDTIMES is one of the trendy magazines in Nigeria as favoured by J.Edgar one of the columnists on jollofmash. This list catalogues the good, the bad and ugly in Nigeria as against the wind of popular events for the year 2023. Who will emerge top on the…
Distant Mirages – A Poem By Fortune Omosola
When I gaze into the night sky, the moon weaves a tale of years traversing their wilderness, of men long forgotten yet brave, of lyrics from historic songs triumphed in deviant battles. The gods, concealed within the stars, their carved light an…